Party Name : Indian National Congress
Constituency : Visakhapatnam
State : Andhra Pradesh
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 3 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 14
Father's Name : Shri N. Subbarami Reddy
Mother's Name : Smt. Seshamma
Date of birth : 20 Feb 1935
Profession : Agriculturist
Positions held :
1972-78 Member, Rajya Sabha1978-79 Secretary, Pradesh Congress Committee(I) [P.C.C.(I)], Andhra Pradesh1978-84 Member, Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council1978-83 Cabinet Minister, Revenue, Industries, Power and Agriculture, Government of Andhra Pradesh1988-89 President, P.C.C.(I), Andhra Pradesh1989-94 Member, Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly1989-90 Cabinet Minister, Agriculture, Forests and Higher Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh1990-92 Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh1998 Elected to 12th Lok Sabha1998-99 Member, Rules CommitteeMember, Committee on Home Affairs and its Sub-Committee on Judicial ReformsMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource DevelopmentSpecial Invitee, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Power1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1999-2000 Member, Rules CommitteeMember, Committee on Home AffairsMember, Committee on Provision of Computers for Members of Parliament, Offices of Political Parties and Officers of Lok Sabha Secretariat1999-2001 Member, Committee on Public AccountsMember, Committee on Ethics2000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Agriculture2002-2004 Chairman, Committee on FinanceMember, Committee on Provision of Computers for MPs, Offices of Parties and Officers of Lok Sabha SecretariatMember, Rules Committee2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 3rd term)Chairman, Committee on Petroleum & Natural GasMember, Rules CommitteeMember, General Purposes Committee5 Aug. 2007 onwards Chairman, Committee on Petroleum & Natural Gas16th March, 2009 Ceased on 16th March, 2009
More Information :
Social And Cultural Activities
Devoted social worker since student days
Special Interests
Organising medical and eye camps
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Sports, games and gardening
Sports and Clubs
Member, Rotary International; Awardee of `Paul Harrison Fellow`
Countries Visited
Germany, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Thailand, U.K. and U.S.A.; led the Farmers` delegation to the Royal Agricultural Exhibition, London, 1990; and Leader, Indian Delegation to International Human Rights Conference (U.N.O.), Geneva, 1993
Other Information
Chairman, (i) Review Committee for implementation of the Tribal Land Regulations in Andhra Pradesh during 1980; and (ii) Review Committee on implementation of National Policy on Education in the year 1991; actively participated in the Students Congress and led the youth to the historic Avadi Session of Indian National Congress; Secretary, Harijan Vidyarthi Udharaka Sangam which runs Vakadu Complex of Educational Institutions (was responsible for developing the Complex virtually as a Rural University - right from Nursery School to the College of Engineering, specially for the benefit of the underprivileged); Member, Sugar Development Council, 1998-99
